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Topfield TF 7050 HDRt User Manual

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  • Page 1 TOPFIELD TF 7050 HDRt User Guide High Definition Digital Terrestrial Receiver Personal Video Recorder...
  • Page 3 The lighting flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to a person. The exclamation point, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    iv Contents Contents Contents 1 Introduction Features ....... Controlling the digital receiver .
  • Page 5 Contents v Parental control ......19 Adjusting the On-Screen Display ....20 To turn on the time shift feature .
  • Page 6 vi Contents 7.2.7 To copy files between a USB storage and the internal hard disk drive ..... . . 44 Playing back a recording .

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction The TF 7050 HDRt digital receiver is fully compliant with the international Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard, and thus is able to receive digital broadcasts of that standard. For its operation you need an antenna, which must be installed appropriately.

  • Page 8: Controlling The Digital Receiver

    250 gigabytes— in excellent picture and sound quality. • Time shift is a special technical feature available on the TF 7050 HDRt. You can pause the programme you are watching and resume it again at a later time. Then you can quickly go to any part of the current programme by fast forward or backward search.

  • Page 9: The Front Panel

    1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 3 1.2.1 The front panel The front panel of the digital receiver has buttons to control the digital receiver, and specific lamps and a display to indicate its status. The following indicates what they mean. /STANDBY button switches the digital receiver between standby mode and operation mode.

  • Page 10: The Remote Control

    4 Introduction 1.2.2 The remote control button switches the digital re- ceiver between standby mode and operation mode. is used to set a sleep timer in 10 minute increments. buttons decrease or in- crease the volume. They are also used to change values for menu op- tions.
  • Page 11 1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 5 a video track of multifeed programme. is used to select a subtitle track. displays teletext. changes video resolution. See § 3.1.2 for more V.Format details. changes aspect ratio. See § 3.1.1 for more details. switches between television services and radio ser- vices.
  • Page 12 6 Introduction is used to start fast motion playback. Subsequent presses increase the playback speed. is used to start slow motion playback. Subsequent presses change the playback speed. is used to jump back to beginnng of recording during a playback. is used to jump to end of recording during a playback.

  • Page 13: Setup

    Chapter 2 Setup 2.1 Unpacking Before going any further, check that you have received the following items with your digital receiver. • Remote control unit • Two batteries for the remote control (AAA 1.5 V) • One HDMI cable • One component cable (RCA cable) •...
  • Page 14 8 Setup the power consumption of the digital receiver, refer to Table 2.1. • The mains socket should be near the equipment. Do not run an extension lead to the unit. • Do not expose the digital receiver to any moisture. The digital receiver is designed for use indoors only.

  • Page 15: Rear Panel Connections

    2.3 Rear panel connections 9 2.3 Rear panel connections The TF 7050 HDRt has a wide range of connections on the back. Check what connections your television set has in comparison with the digital receiver. ANT IN Terrestrial broadcasting signal input socket.

  • Page 16: Connecting Up Your Digital Receiver

    10 Setup AC INPUT Power socket. Table 2.3: Connectors specifications HDMI High definition video output Left & right audio output Dolby digital audio output VIDEO composite video (CVBS) output AUDIO Left & right audio output YPbPr Component video (YUV) output S/PDIF Dolby digital audio output RS-232...
  • Page 17 2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 11 quality. If your television does not have the matching connector, then use the next connector in the following order for better picture quality. 1. HDMI connector (HDMI) 2. Component connector (YPbPr) 3. Composite connector (VIDEO) You should configure audio and video settings after connecting up the digital receiver.

  • Page 18: Inserting Batteries In The Remote Control

    12 Setup To use the composite video connector NOTE You cannot view high definition video with the composite video connector. You need to obtain a composite video cable (RCA cable) to use the composite video con- nector. Plug one end of the cable into the VIDEO (yellow) socket on the digital receiver, and plug the other end into the matching socket on your television.

  • Page 19: Switching On For The First Time

    2.6 Switching on for the first time 13 If the digital receiver no longer reacts properly to remote con- trol commands, the batteries may be flat. Be sure to remove used batteries. The manufacturer accepts no liability for the damage resulting from leaking batteries. NOTE Batteries, including those which contain no heavy metals, may not be disposed with other household wastes.

  • Page 20: Preference Settings

    14 Preference Settings Chapter 3 Preference Settings 3.1 Video and audio settings You have to configure the video and audio settings appropriately for your television set and other appliances. Select the System Setting A/V Output Setting menu. You should see a screen like the left figure.
  • Page 21 3.1 Video and audio settings 15 You can enjoy well both wide-screen programmes and normal- screen programmes with your wide-screen television as the above figures show. To watch normal-screen programmes in full screen like the left figure, set the 4:3 Display Format option to Full.

  • Page 22: High Definition Television

    16 Preference Settings 3.1.2 High definition television The digital receiver supports various video resolutions from 576 to 1080. In general a resolution of 720 or more is considered high definition. The higher the resolution is, the better quality you can enjoy. However, if your television set does not sup- port high definition, you cannot enjoy high definition quality picture.

  • Page 23: Local Time Setting

    3.2 Local time setting 17 the other is a decoded signal. If your digital audio system does not have a Dolby Digital decoder, you have to set the Digital Output (Dolby Digital Only) option to PCM. Otherwise, set it to Bitstream.
  • Page 24 18 Preference Settings Table 3.1: Time offset table Time offset City 12:00 Eniwetok, Kwajalein 11:00 Midway Island, Samoa 10:00 Hawaii 09:00 Alaska 08:00 Pacific Time US, Canada 07:00 Mountain Time US, Canada 06:00 Central Time US, Canada, Mexico City 05:00 Eastern Time US, Canada, Bogota, Lima 04:00 Atlantic Time Canada, La Paz...

  • Page 25: Parental Control

    3.3 Parental control 19 Mean Time, make sure that time offset does not include day- light saving time. 3.3 Parental control In general, television programmes are classified according to the level of violence, nudity and language of their content. When you are watching a programme, you can check its pro- gramme classification on the information box.

  • Page 26: Adjusting The On-Screen Display

    20 Preference Settings M restricts to M or above rated programmes. M stands for Mature, the content of which is moderate in impact. MA restricts to MA or above rated programmes. MA stands for Mature Audiance, the content of which is strong. R restricts to R rated programmes.

  • Page 27: To Turn On The Time Shift Feature

    3.5 To turn on the time shift feature 21 the System Setting menu and set the Info Box Display Time option as you desire. Its available range is 1 to 30 seconds. If you set this option to No Info Box, the information box will not be displayed when you switch services.

  • Page 28: Service Search

    22 Service Search Chapter 4 Service Search After connecting up the digital receiver, you will need to per- form a service search. 4.1 Searching broadcasting services To perform service search, select the Installation Service Search menu. You should see a screen like the left figure.

  • Page 29: Resetting To Factory Settings

    4.2 Resetting to factory settings 23 transponder. To do that, set the Search Mode option to Manual, and then at the Channel option select your desired transponder. The number ranges from 6 to 12 in VHF and 28 to 69 in UHF. To search one service of a transponder, set the Search Mode option to Advanced, and at the PID option specify the PIDs of your desired service with the numeric buttons.

  • Page 30: Daily Usage

    24 Daily Usage Chapter 5 Daily Usage 5.1 Volume control Use the buttons to alter the volume to a com- fortable level. You may need to adjust the volume on your television set too. To temporarily switch off the sound, press button.
  • Page 31 5.2 Watching television 25 On the services list, you can see the service information: • Service number and name • Transponder information To select a desired service, put the highlight bar on its entry with the button and press the button;...

  • Page 32: The Favourite Services List

    26 Daily Usage will be displayed. Put the highlight bar on a desired group and press the button. • To delete the highlighted service, select the Delete option; then you get asked for confirmation. If you select Yes, it will be deleted. If you want to restore it as before, you have to perform service search again.

  • Page 33: Viewing Programme Information

    5.2 Watching television 27 Besides that, you can add or delete a favourite group or service. To add a service you are currently watching into a favourite group, put the highlight bar on a desired group and press the button. To create a new group, press the button;...

  • Page 34: Selecting Audio Tracks

    28 Daily Usage button. To adjust the sound volume in this case, hold down the button until the sound bar appears and reaches your desired level. Pressing the button once more displays detailed informa- tion about the current programme. To hide the information box, press the button.

  • Page 35: Using Time Shift

    5.4 Using time shift 29 Pressing the button dis- GUIDE plays the electronic programme guide, on which you can see the following: • Scheduled programmes • programme summary • Broadcasting date • Broadcasting time To see detailed information of a desired programme, put the highlight bar on the programme with the button and press the...
  • Page 36 30 Daily Usage When you do this, you are no longer watching the live pro- gramme, instead you are watch- ing a delayed presentation of it. This is called time shifted tele- vision. Then, you can skip com- mercials until you catch up to the live broadcast.
  • Page 37 5.4 Using time shift 31 • To end time shift, press the button. The live pro- gramme will be presented. When the time shift feature is disabled and a pause is kept for more than 10 seconds, the time shift feature will be enabled for saving the missing part of the programme.

  • Page 38: Listing Services

    32 Listing Services Chapter 6 Listing Services 6.1 Editing the favourite list You can make your own favourite services list. In fact, you can define multiple favourite services lists, each being a ‘group’ of chosen services. Select the Organizing Favorites menu.
  • Page 39 6.1 Editing the favourite list 33 You can add up to 30 groups. To add a group, select the NEW option in the group list; then the on-screen keyboard appears. See § for how to use the on-screen keyboard. To rename a group, put the highlight bar on the group entry you want and press the button;...

  • Page 40: How To Use On-Screen Keyboard

    34 Listing Services 6.2 How to use on-screen keyboard You can move the highlight key horizontally with the buttons and vertically with buttons. Press- ing the button on a key en- ters its letter in the input line. To type a space, select the Space key.
  • Page 41 6.3 Transferring receiver data 35 1. Plug one end of a RS-232 cable (9 pin D- sub cable) into the RS-232 port on the dig- ital receiver, and the other end into the matching port on the other digital receiver. 2.

  • Page 42: Recording And Playing

    36 Recording and Playing Chapter 7 Recording and Playing 7.1 Recording a programme Once recording has started, a symbol like the left figure will be displayed at the top right of the screen for a few seconds. CAUTION Do not move the digital receiver nor pull out the plug while it is running.
  • Page 43 7.1 Recording a programme 37 Pressing the button will not pause the current recording like it does with a video cassette recorder. Instead, pressing button will pause the live show and begin time shifting within the current recording even with the Time Shifting option disabled.

  • Page 44: Timer Recording

    38 Recording and Playing To stop recording, press the button; then a box like the left figure appears, which shows programmes currently be- ing recorded. If you select one, its recording will stop. Once a recording is started, it is put on the recorded programme list even though it is not finished yet.
  • Page 45 7.1 Recording a programme 39 To input a timer event, select the Timer Setting menu; then the timer list will be displayed. To add a new timer event, press button, and a box like the left figure appears. Take the fol- lowing steps: 1.
  • Page 46 40 Recording and Playing 5. Set the Date option to a desired date, on which the digital receiver will turn on. The date format is day/month/year- day of the week. Set the Start Time option to a desired time, at which the recording will be started.

  • Page 47: Scheduling Recordings Using The Programme Guide

    7.2 File archive 41 7.1.3 Scheduling recordings using the programme guide If the electronic programme guide is properly provided, you can make timer events on it. The instructions on how to make timer recordings using the elec- tronic programme guide are as follows: 1.

  • Page 48: To Delete A Recording

    42 Recording and Playing Select the File List menu or alter- natively press the button to display the recorded programme list. The file information is com- prised of the following elements: file number, file name, recording time, playing duration, file size and so on.

  • Page 49: To Rename A Recording

    7.2 File archive 43 1. Put the highlight bar on a desired recording. 2. Press the button to display the additional options. 3. Set the Lock option to Locked. 4. Press the button. EXIT 5. The lock symbol ( ) is displayed on it. If you select a locked recording to play it back, you will be asked for your personal identification number.

  • Page 50: To Copy Files Between A Usb Storage And The Internal Hard Disk Drive

    44 Recording and Playing 7.2.7 To copy files between a USB storage and the internal hard disk drive You can copy files between a USB storage and the internal hard disk drive of the digital receiver via USB connection. To copy files, perform the following steps: 1.

  • Page 51: Playing Back A Recording

    7.3 Playing back a recording 45 7.3 Playing back a recording When a programme is recorded, its additional contents such as audio tracks or teletext are also recorded together. So you can enjoy them while playing back a recording. The instructions on how to play a recording are as follows: 1.

  • Page 52: To Play In Slow Motion

    46 Recording and Playing • To go forward, hold down the button; to go backward, hold down the button. • To bookmark a position, refer to § 7.3.4. • If there are no bookmarks, you can jump forward 30 seconds at a time by pressing the button.

  • Page 53: To Make A Bookmark

    7.3 Playing back a recording 47 7.3.4 To make a bookmark You can mark favourite parts of a recording by creating book- marks, and then jump to them. You can have up to 64 book- marks. Bookmarks are stored with the recording so that you can use them again afterwards.

  • Page 54: Formatting The Hard Disk

    48 Recording and Playing 2. Move to the beginning scene of the part you want to play repeatedly by holding down the button. 3. Press the button, then the pointer starts to blink. 4. Move to the end scene; the part is marked in purple. 5.

  • Page 55: Firmware Update

    Chapter 8 Firmware Update The digital receiver has a stable and convenient firmware to use. However, once in a while a new firmware may be released to improve the digital receiver. You can get the latest firmware and a firmware update tool, which runs on most versions of Windows, from the Topfield web site, 8.1 Checking the firmware information You have to check up the...
  • Page 56 50 Firmware Update NOTE It is only allowed to update with the firmware of which system identification is identical to that of yours. Otherwise you will fail in firmware update.

  • Page 57: From A Usb Memory

    8.2 From a USB memory 51 8.2 From a USB memory If you have a USB memory stick, you can update the firmware from it by performing the following steps: 1. Download a new firmware from the Top- field web site. 2.

  • Page 58: From Your Computer Via Rs-232 Port

    52 Firmware Update 8.3 From your computer via RS-232 port It is possible to transfer a new firmware to the digital receiver from your computer by connecting them with a RS-232 cable. You need TFD-Down, a firmware transfer utility for this, which is available from the web site, To update the firmware by this method, perform the following steps:...

  • Page 59: From Another Digital Receiver Via Rs-232 Port

    8.4 From another digital receiver via RS-232 port 53 8.4 From another digital receiver via RS-232 port It is possible to transfer the firmware from the digital receiver to another same digital receiver by connecting them with a RS- 232 cable. To update the firmware with this method, perform the following steps: 1.

  • Page 60: Index

    54 INDEX Index 16:9, Digital Output (Dolby Digital Only), 16:9 Display Format, 4:3, download, 4:3 Display Format, Duration, 37, DVB, A/V Output Setting, AC INPUT, Electronic Programme Guide, Access Control, Every Day, Add to Fav, Every Weekday, Advanced, Every Weekend, After next program, After this program, Factory Setting,...
  • Page 61 Local Time, Start Time, Lock, 25, stereo, Locked, subtitle, System ID, System Setting, 20, Manual, teletext, Mode, 17, TFD-Down, mono, Time, time format, NEW, Time Offset, No block, Time Setting, 17, normal-screen television, Time Shifting, 21, 30, timer list, One Time, Timer Setting, Organizing Favorites, Total block,...
  • Page 64 Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. Dolby and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Correct disposal of this product This marking shown on the product or its literature indicates that it should not be disposed with other household wastes at the end of its working life. To prevent possible harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal, please separate this from other types of wastes and recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources.

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